Folding table



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Patented Aug. 4, 1925.

FICEL.

LOUIE w, crmrsrmnsoiv, OF RACINE, WISCONSIN.

FOLDING TABLE.

Application filed May 16, 1923. Serial No. 639,383.

I 0 all whom it may concern.-

Be it; known that I, LOUIE IV. CHRISTIAN- soN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Racine, in the county of Racine, and State of Wisconsin, have invented new and useful Improvements in Folding Tables, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a folding table, the general object of the invention being to provide a table of this nature which has strength and durability and which is of light weight and which may be folded in a compact bundle when not in use.

This invention also consists in certain other features of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, to be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and specifically pointed out in the appended claims.

In describing my invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings wherein like characters denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which Figure 1 is a side view of the table in assembled position.

Figure 2 is an end view.

Figure 3 is a plan view with parts broken away.

Figures l, 5, 6, 7 and 8 are detail views.

In these views 1 indicates the table top which is formed of aflexible sheet 2 which is provided with pockets 3 to receive the strips 45 of wood or the like which serve to give rigidity to the top while permitting it to be A bar 5 of wood or the like is fastened to each end of the table top, preferably to the last strip 4 and a side bar 6 is hinged to one end of each of the end bars. A leg 7 is hinged to the hinged end of each of the side bars and a leg 8 is hinged to one end of each of the end bars, this leg being hinged to that end of the end bar which is opposite the end to which the side bar is hinged. Each leg 8 is provided with a plate 9 which engages the end of the end piece when the leg is in unfolded position and the free end of each side bar is provided with a hook plate 10 which is adapted to fit within the space formed by the upper end of the leg and the end bar and the hinge and said plate 9 so that the side bar is detachably connected with the opposite end bar when the leg is in unfolded position. A brace 11 is pivoted to each side bar and is adaptedto be connected with a legS by the snap fastener 12. Similar braces 13 are provided for connecting the end bars with the legs 7 and foldable braces 14 connect the legs with the side bars and end bars. In other words, each leg is provided with a foldable brace and a straight brace, the straight brace being connected with the leg by a snap fastener.

In order to brace the slats of the table top I provide a brace bar 15 which has plates 16 on its ends which project from the ends so as to engage the upper edges of the end bars and thus provide a central support for the slats. In placing the brace bar in position it is placed at an angle so that the end plates can enter the space between the end bars and the table top and then it is straightened so that its ends will abutthe end bars.

From the above it will be seen that I have produced a table of light weight and of considerable strength and one which can be folded into a compact bundle by folding the legs and side bars against the end bars and then rolling the table top into a round bundle. I may provide a cloth receptacle to hold the table when folded or itmay be tied by a string or the like to hold it in folded or rolled position.

It is thought from the foregoing description that the advantages and novel features of my invention will be readily apparent.

I desire it to be understood that I may make changes in the construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, provided that such changes fall within the scope of the appended claims.

\VhatI claim is l. A table of the class described comprising a top formed of flexible material and having pockets therein, slats in the pockets, end bars connected with the end slats, a side bar hinged to one end of each end bar, a leg hinged to the hinged end of each side bar, a leg hinged to each end bar at that end which is opposite the end to which the side bar is hinged, means for detachably connecting the free end of each side bar to an end bar by a leg, such means consisting of a hook-shaped plate at the free end of each side bar which is engaged by the upper end of a leg when the same is in open position and the hook part of which engages a part of an end bar, and braces connecting the legs with the bars.

2. A"-tab1e ofthe. class'described comprising wtop formed of flexibleniaterial and having pockets therein, slats in the pockets, end bars connected with the end slats, wa side bar hinged to one end ofeach end bar, a

leg hinged to the hinged end of eachside,

bar, a leg hinged to each end bar at that end which is opposite the end to'which the side bar is hinged, means for detaehably connecting the free end of 'ea'chside bar to an end her by a leg, "such means consisting'of a hook-shapedplate at the free end of each being fastened to the leg by a snap fastener.

' In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

, LOUIE W. CHRISTIANSON. 

